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    Hoover Senior 612 Help!

    Senior 612 No the headlight is normal voltage, 240v where I live. I thought it maybe burning too brightly because the motor isnt using as much current as it should because its turning slow. I wouldnt mind if it was burning out naturally, its from 1949 and is well past its expected life span and...
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    Hoover Senior 612 Help!

    Hi everyone, So I own a Hoover senior 612 from 1949. I beileve it was sold in the us earlier in 1940 as the model 29. Anyway, mine was in horrible condition so I thought I would strip it and refurb it. It was purely a cosmetic thing really as it ran beautifully but just looked awful. So I strip...
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    Did your friends/family love uprights and dislike canisters or vice versa?

    All Uprights Here Too All my friends and family are uprights, and always have been. And hopefully always will as I much prefer uprights to cylinders. A few friends and family have had vax 3 in 1 cleaners when they were all the rage but the main cleaners have always been uprights. Im in the UK...
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    Another Decent Machine Discontinued

    And The Final Version, The 6131-T, Which Was The Last One
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    Another Decent Machine Discontinued

    The Advanced, Expensive, Upgraded, Upmarket, Powa 4000!
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    Another Decent Machine Discontinued

    The Newly Redesigned 2000!
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    Another Decent Machine Discontinued

    The Machine That Started It All, The 121!
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    Another Decent Machine Discontinued

    Hello, Just another post with me moaning. Ha! This will apply more to the UK collectors, but I am sad to say that the 3 in 1 range from vax that has been going since about 1978 has been discontinued. These machines were brilliant, they always were plastic and yes the quality has gone down...
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    Kirby Diamond After Fire

    Kirby Fire Plan I remember reading on the back of my instruction book for my legend 2 that there was a kirby fire plan. I originally thought how stupid that was as after a fire that destroys your entire home and possibly takes some victims with it the last thing on your mind is going to be the...
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    3D Printed Parts!

    I feel like by now I would of seen a lot more 3D printed parts than I actually have. Maybe the technology isnt there yet. Or maybe it is. I dont know. Im not technologically minded. If I knew lots about how computers worked and how 3D printers worked then I would definitly give it a shot. Are...
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    Kirby Legend 2 Handle: WHY???

    Hey! I have noticed that this has happened to a few of the Kirby Legend 2's I have refurbished. I dont know about in America but in England the Legend 2 was one of the most popular kirby models. And this problem has happened to at least 3 of the ones I have had. The handle starts to deteriorate...
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    Kirby Legend

    New Brushroll! I had this problem for years with my Legend 2, so much so that I stopped using the machine entirely because of it. I decided one day to buy a new brush roll just to see if it would help because I knew the old one was worn out and the brushes were worn down too. I put the new one...
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    Funny!

    So I went to a ladys house the other day to fix her vacuum cleaner for her. It was an old 90s dirt devil bagged upright with variable speed which although I beileve quite popular in America we didnt get many over here in the UK. Anyway I had fixed the issue of a broken belt and I was testing it...
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    Goblin name at Asda UK

    Goblin I remember seeing these in asda about 3 years ago aswell. They still sell them today, they have even expanded the range. From what I have heard the bagless upright is good and even comes with a spare belt. I might give one a go some time just to see what there like. I couldnt get over...
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    What vacuums do/did your parents or grandparents use?

    Parents and grandparents vacuums Hi guys, The machines my parents and grandparents had will be a little different because we all live in britain. My great grandmother on my mothers side had a Hoover senior 612 from 1949 and she had a few cleaners before that but thats the earliest one I can...
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    Electrolux

    Sanitaire by Electrolux Well I dont know why but we didnt have the Electrolux branded sanitaire uprights for very long in the UK at all, I have only seen pictures, never one in the flesh. I think you guys still have them though over in the states dont you? The Eureka Victory or as we over here...
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    Electrolux

    Electrolux Sorry guys, dont know why the images uploaded sideways, anyway there you go. There is a few more spares available for the backsaver than there is the professional, you can still get genuine bags, belts, filters and brush rolls for the backsaver. You cant even find pattern filters for...
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    Electrolux

    Now for the Backsaver
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    Electrolux

    Electrolux Thats intersting, I didnt know that Electrolux owned Eureka. I knew there was some connection but I didnt know what it was. Its nice that we still have AEG in the UK but the very popular (and very good) Electrolux bagged upright has not been passed over to the AEG name. Although...
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    Vacuums on your street in past vs now

    And one of my neighbours had this
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